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Guy Stops Sharing Group’s Project To Girl Who ‘Texts Her Boyfriend Instead Of Helping’, And It Escalates Quickly

Group projects are the worst, plain and simple. Every person is given a role to play, yet no matter what, the brunt of the work falls on some members shoulders more than others and without fail there is one member who just doesn’t bother showing up at all.

Well one group leader had had enough of their laziest members shenanigans and took it upon themselves to let her know in a pretty brutal way. Scroll down below to read the hilarious and heated text message exchange between the two group members when the girl finds out the hard way her classmates are over it. (Cover image: University of Wolverhampton)

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This happened during a college project..verbal presentation on terrorism. I was paired up with a girl to do the formation and current issues with the IRA. Our first project meeting, she shows up for 2 minutes, just long enough to say "I need to go get dinner." The second meeting at a coffee shop involved me giving her an outline of how we would do the presentation (headings-subheadings-finer points). She takes the printout and says "I have to meet someone to workout." and leaves. I approach the professor to tell them the issue, he says "just do your part, I will ask questions, don't help her and don't tell her what you get for a grade." I did my part, then look over to see her with MY outline trying to stumble her way through the presentation. He asks her questions..she stumbles looking at me to help her. He asks me the same questions, I answer fully. I got an A. She comes yo me later and says "Can you believe he only gave us a C- on that paper." Yeah..uh-huh. (giggle)

@Aunt Messy - No.The purpose of the group project, aside from learning about the topic, is to learn to work as a group. If one group member cannot be bothered to do their bit, then it could affect the team. Thats a lesson that everyone needs to learn. Your 'suck it up and do what needs doing' attitude just enables flakers and bullies to continue sponging off others work. I think the professor did the right thing by being lenient in giving the flaker a C grade and not an F or worse, calling out that student for flaking, in class. reading your comment, I hope to god you're not a team leader or manager or teacher. You're attitude in this regard is terrible.

@Aunt Messy..guess I should have included the part where this "partner" refused to give me her phone number, never responded to any e-mail requests and out of 4 scheduled meetings, showed up twice for a total of 7 minutes. I guess I also forgot to mention that the project was broken up into four sections..two guys, two girls. The guys part was modern terrorism and how technology changed it. The guys did their part..she didn't do hers. And the only reason I got those 4 scheduled meetings was I accosted her after class and got her to schedule something. I'm not gonna badger her lazy ass into doing her work..that's her responsibility. When I saw that she was unwilling to put any effort forth I DID GO TO THE PROFESSOR! Or did you miss that part. There was nothing mean girl bitch about it....

Then instead of acting like a mean girl bitch, you should have gone to your professor, laid out the problem, and let THEM handle it. It's not your job to tell your partner to work, but it IS your responsibility to cover your own ass with your instructor. /// All you had to do is get permission to do the project alone and move on. Instead, you chose to act like a sixth grade bully and screw yourself by letting your partner screw up a project that YOU have your name on. /// I would have failed you, You handled this badly. If you worked for me, I'd fire your ass so fast you wouldn't know what hit you. /// Part of what you're learning is how to think on your feet. That means you find a way to do the work WITHOUT being a drama queen.

seriously?? are you a professor or simply telling us what you would have done "if" you were a professor? because how carol and the professor acted is the general protocol. In projects involving multiple sample collection 24x7, one student is just not enough and if one of the partners screw up the results are disastrous.

Do you even know how group projects work? I did one in an online class and when people didn't do their part you had to, the project still has to be done in whole. The teacher sees who does what and gives the grades accordingly. just like the in class, he asked questions and she couldn't answer them, she's lucky she even got a C-. She should have failed.

If the group leader handed this conversation over to the principal she could get kicked out, No, She SHOULD get kicked out for threatening a student.
But I guess she's digging her own grave anyway. It would just speed up the process.

This happened during a college project..verbal presentation on terrorism. I was paired up with a girl to do the formation and current issues with the IRA. Our first project meeting, she shows up for 2 minutes, just long enough to say "I need to go get dinner." The second meeting at a coffee shop involved me giving her an outline of how we would do the presentation (headings-subheadings-finer points). She takes the printout and says "I have to meet someone to workout." and leaves. I approach the professor to tell them the issue, he says "just do your part, I will ask questions, don't help her and don't tell her what you get for a grade." I did my part, then look over to see her with MY outline trying to stumble her way through the presentation. He asks her questions..she stumbles looking at me to help her. He asks me the same questions, I answer fully. I got an A. She comes yo me later and says "Can you believe he only gave us a C- on that paper." Yeah..uh-huh. (giggle)

@Aunt Messy - No.The purpose of the group project, aside from learning about the topic, is to learn to work as a group. If one group member cannot be bothered to do their bit, then it could affect the team. Thats a lesson that everyone needs to learn. Your 'suck it up and do what needs doing' attitude just enables flakers and bullies to continue sponging off others work. I think the professor did the right thing by being lenient in giving the flaker a C grade and not an F or worse, calling out that student for flaking, in class. reading your comment, I hope to god you're not a team leader or manager or teacher. You're attitude in this regard is terrible.

@Aunt Messy..guess I should have included the part where this "partner" refused to give me her phone number, never responded to any e-mail requests and out of 4 scheduled meetings, showed up twice for a total of 7 minutes. I guess I also forgot to mention that the project was broken up into four sections..two guys, two girls. The guys part was modern terrorism and how technology changed it. The guys did their part..she didn't do hers. And the only reason I got those 4 scheduled meetings was I accosted her after class and got her to schedule something. I'm not gonna badger her lazy ass into doing her work..that's her responsibility. When I saw that she was unwilling to put any effort forth I DID GO TO THE PROFESSOR! Or did you miss that part. There was nothing mean girl bitch about it....

Then instead of acting like a mean girl bitch, you should have gone to your professor, laid out the problem, and let THEM handle it. It's not your job to tell your partner to work, but it IS your responsibility to cover your own ass with your instructor. /// All you had to do is get permission to do the project alone and move on. Instead, you chose to act like a sixth grade bully and screw yourself by letting your partner screw up a project that YOU have your name on. /// I would have failed you, You handled this badly. If you worked for me, I'd fire your ass so fast you wouldn't know what hit you. /// Part of what you're learning is how to think on your feet. That means you find a way to do the work WITHOUT being a drama queen.

seriously?? are you a professor or simply telling us what you would have done "if" you were a professor? because how carol and the professor acted is the general protocol. In projects involving multiple sample collection 24x7, one student is just not enough and if one of the partners screw up the results are disastrous.

Do you even know how group projects work? I did one in an online class and when people didn't do their part you had to, the project still has to be done in whole. The teacher sees who does what and gives the grades accordingly. just like the in class, he asked questions and she couldn't answer them, she's lucky she even got a C-. She should have failed.

If the group leader handed this conversation over to the principal she could get kicked out, No, She SHOULD get kicked out for threatening a student.
But I guess she's digging her own grave anyway. It would just speed up the process.